Round 1: Question 1
• QUESTION: Define ABSOLUTISM
• ANSWER: A form of government in which the monarch has unlimited power & seeks to control all aspects of society

Round 1: Question 2
•QUESTION: According to the Divine
Right Theory, monarchs are ONLY answerable to ___________.
•ANSWER: God

Round 1: Question 3
•QUESTION: This Russian czar was the primary proponent of westernization in Russia
•ANSWER: Peter the Great

Round 1: Question 4
•QUESTION: Why did James VI of
Scotland become King of England after Elizabeth I died?
•ANSWER: She never married, so she didn’t have an heir, and he was her cousin

Round 1: Question 5
•QUESTION: Name the two sides of the
English Civil War, as well as who they supported
•ANSWER: Roundheads – Parliament;
Cavaliers – King

Round 1: Question 6
•QUESTION: What is the term for the return of the monarch to the English throne after the end of Cromwell’s rule…and for a bonus point, who was that monarch?
•ANSWER: Restoration…Charles II

Round 1: Question 7
•QUESTION: After the English Civil
War and Glorious Revolution, how did the English Kings differ from the
French Kings?
•ANSWER: English kings’ powers were limited by Parliament, but the French kings had absolute power

Round 1: Question 8
•QUESTION: Louis XIV revoked the
Edict of Nantes. Who did this affect and why?
•ANSWER: Huguenots (French
Protestants) were no longer given the freedom to worship

Round 1: Question 9
•QUESTION: Philosopher who believed government should protect people’s natural rights and if they don’t, people have the right to overthrow them
•ANSWER: Locke

Round 1: Question 10
•QUESTION: According to Locke, the three natural rights of people
•ANSWER: Life, liberty and property

Round 2: Question 1
• QUESTION: List at least THREE factors that contributed to France’s pre-Revolutionary debt.
• ANSWER: Aid to the American Revolution; foreign wars; extravagance of the royal court; crop failure

Round 2: Question 2
• QUESTION: What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
• ANSWER: An oath in which the National
Assembly (3 rd estate) promised to write a new constitution for France

Round 2: Question 3
• QUESTION: This event, which symbolized the first successful attack on the tyranny of the monarchy, is known for being the first violent event of the Revolution.
• ANSWER: The Storming of the Bastille

Round 2: Question 4
• QUESTION: After the execution of Louis
XVI, these two political factions formed in the National Convention. What were they & what were their views?
• ANSWER: The Jacobins (extreme radicals) & the Girondists (moderate radicals)

Round 2: Question 5
• QUESTION: What was the Reign of Terror and how did it end?
• ANSWER: Period of time when radical
Jacobins executed anyone thought be going against the revolution. Ended when
Robespierre was executed.

Round 2: Question 5
• QUESTION: How did Napoleon come to power?
• ANSWER: By Coup D’etat

Round 2: Question 6
• QUESTION: Name two reasons Napoleon was able to win the support of the French people after he seized power
• ANSWER: He was a successful military leader; protected equality before the law; brought order and stability

Round 2: Question 7
• QUESTION: This movement inspired revolution in France as well as in Latin
America
• ANSWER: The Enlightenment

Round 2: Question 8
• QUESTION: What was a common reason for revolution in Latin America?
• ANSWER: To gain independence from colonial powers

Round 3: Question 1
• QUESTION: Name two reasons why Great
Britain took the lead in the Industrial
Revolution
• ANSWER: More capital (money), natural resources, larger labor supply (b/c of improvements in agriculture), & entrepreneurship (people willing to invest and take risks)

Round 3: Question 2
• QUESTION: Term for an increase in the number, size and population of cities
• ANSWER: Urbanization

Round 3: Question 3
• QUESTION: Describe 2 problems created by the Industrial Revolution
• ANSWER: Long workdays/workweeks;
Child Labor; Unsafe working conditions;
Pollution; Crowded and unsanitary cities;
Increased inequality between the factory owners/workers

Round 3: Question 4
• QUESTION: Identify a major difference between Laissez-Faire Capitalism and
Socialism
• ANSWER: Ownership rights, Govt regulation of businesses, Govt protection of workers rights

Round 3: Question 5
• QUESTION: This man, who is often regarded as the Father of Capitalism, believed that competition and supply & demand should regulate the economy
• ANSWER: Adam Smith

Round 3: Question 6
• QUESTION: According to 19th century economist Karl Marx, who are the
“HAVES” and the “HAVE-NOTS”?
• ANSWER:
• Haves = Bourgeoisie (Middle
Class/Owners)
• Have-Nots = Proletariat (Working Class)

Round 3: Question 7
• QUESTION: List 3 factors that aid in the rise of nationalism within any given territory
• ANSWER: Shared History; Same Language;
Same Ethnicity/Culture; Same Religion;
National Cause (Unification/Separation)

Round 3: Question 8
• QUESTION: Identify 3 MOTIVES for
Imperialism in the 19 th Century
• ANSWER: Loss of lands in New World;
More/new resources; “Civilizing” mission;
Nationalism

Round 3: Question 9
• QUESTION: Explain the cause of the Sepoy
Rebellion in India
• ANSWER: Gun cartridges were greased with animal fat (pig/cow) – offended their religions (Muslim/Hindu)

Round 3: Question 10
• QUESTION: This policy allowed all western powers to have equal trading rights in
China
• ANSWER:
• Open Door Policy

Round 4: Question 1
• QUESTION:
Historians generally claim that these are the FIVE underlying causes of World War I.
• ANSWER: Militarism, Alliances,
Nationalism, Imperialism and Anarchy

Round 4: Question 2
• QUESTION: Explain the reason for which
Gavrillo Princip assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.
• ANSWER: Ferdinand wanted to bring the
Slavic people under Austro-Hungarian control, while the Slavic people wanted to unify independently.

Round 4: Question 3
• QUESTION: This was the term used to describe the American attitude towards World War I in the year 1914.
• ANSWER: Isolationism

Round 4: Question 4
• QUESTION: Name 3 reasons the U.S. entered the war on the side of the Allies
• ANSWER: British propaganda against
Germans; Sinking of U.S. ships;
Zimmermann Telegram

Round 4: Question 5
• QUESTION:
Name two factors contributing to the
Russian Revolution
• ANSWER: Incompetence of the Czar; Food shortages; Large number of deaths in WWI

Round 4: Question 6
• QUESTION:
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and what type of government did they want to establish in Russia?
• ANSWER: Vladimir Lenin;
Socialist/Communist

Round 4: Question 7
• QUESTION: This was the name given to
Woodrow
Wilson’s proposed plan for peace.
• ANSWER: The Fourteen Points

Round 4: Question 8
• QUESTION:
What is the main difference between the
Treaty of Versailles and Wilson’s 14
Points?
• ANSWER: Treaty of Versailles blamed/punished Germany; Wilson’s did not

Round 5: Question 1
• QUESTION: This treaty, signed by the
French & the Germans in 1925 signified an attempt to establish a lasting peace between the former enemies.
• ANSWER: The Locarno Treaty

Round 5: Question 2
• QUESTION: List at least three major characteristics of fascism, as seen in Nazi
Germany.
• ANSWER: Extreme militarism, extreme nationalism, heavy censorship, youth indoctrination, propaganda, separate social classes, etc.

Round 5: Question 3
• QUESTION: During the 1930s, one of
Hitler’s primary goals was to establish the
Third German Empire – an empire that would supposedly last for 1,000 years.
What was the name of this empire?
• ANSWER: The Third Reich

Round 5: Question 4
• QUESTION: Explain the decision that was made at the Munich Conference.
• ANSWER: Great Britain & France “allowed”
Hitler to take Czechoslovakia, as he promised that it was his “last territorial demand”

Round 5: Question 5
• QUESTION: This diplomatic agreement was signed by both Hitler and Stalin; agreed to split Poland into two different zones of occupation.
• ANSWER: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Round 5: Question 6
• QUESTION: In the year
1940, these were the primary AXIS powers.
• ANSWER: Germany, Italy and Japan

Round 5: Question 7
• QUESTION: In
1939, this event marked the beginning of World War II.
• ANSWER: The German invasion of Poland
(September 1 st )

Round 5: Question 8
• QUESTION: Explain the conflict that emerged between the U.S. and Japan in the months preceding the bombing of Pearl
Harbor.
• ANSWER: Japan was attempting to build an empire; U.S. felt threatened; warned to stop; did not stop; oil embargo; bombing

Round 5: Question 9
• QUESTION: In terms of the Soviet Union, what was the significance of D-Day?
• ANSWER: It was the opening of the 2 nd front in Western Europe (Stalin had been asking for…)

Round 5: Question 10
• QUESTION:
Describe the Nazi attitude toward their own race and toward others
• ANSWER: The Germans were a superior race of people; All others were inferior

Round 5: Question 11
• QUESTION:
What was “The Final Solution to the Jewish
Question”?
• ANSWER: Annihilation of the Jewish race, carried out through death camps

Round 6: Question 1
• QUESTION:
The term Churchill used to describe the division between western European democracies and eastern European communist countries
• ANSWER: Iron Curtain

Round 6: Question 2
• QUESTION:
Leader of the Communist Party who founded the People’s Republic of China
• ANSWER: Mao Zedong

Round 6: Question 3
• QUESTION:
Name the new organization that was tested when North Korea invaded South
Korea after WWII
• ANSWER: The United Nations

Round 6: Question 4
• QUESTION:
The main reason the U.S. got involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars
• ANSWER: To stop the spread of communism (containment)

Round 6: Question 5
• QUESTION:
Identify two countries we studied that got their independence from Great Britain following WWII
• ANSWER: Israel, India, Ghana

Round 6: Question 6
• QUESTION:
What was Mohandas Gandhi’s approach to
India’s independence movement?
• ANSWER: Non-violent/Passive Resistance;
Civil Disobedience

Round 6: Question 7
• QUESTION:
Reason India had to be partitioned into two states when it achieved independence
• ANSWER: Division between Hindus and
Muslims

Round 6: Question 8
• QUESTION:
Name Gorbachev’s policy that restructured the Soviet Union’s economy to allow more local control and some private business
• ANSWER: Perestroika

Round 6: Question 9
• QUESTION:
Symbol of the Cold War that was removed starting in 1989
• ANSWER: The Berlin Wall

Round 6: Question 10
• QUESTION:
Term for South Africa’s legal separation of the races AND the leader who was imprisoned for fighting against it
• ANSWER: Apartheid; Nelson Mandela